| 9 | | - | SECTION 1. Section 25.094(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 8 | + | SECTION 1. Section 25.093(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 9 | + | read as follows: |
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| 10 | + | (b) The attendance officer or other appropriate school |
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| 11 | + | official shall file a complaint against the parent in: |
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| 12 | + | (1) the constitutional county court of the county in |
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| 13 | + | which the parent resides or in which the school is located, if the |
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| 14 | + | county has a population of 1.75 million or more; |
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| 15 | + | (2) a justice court designated to hear cases arising |
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| 16 | + | under this section [of any precinct] in the county in which the |
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| 17 | + | parent resides or in which the school is located, or if no justice |
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| 18 | + | court is designated, a justice court of any precinct in the county |
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| 19 | + | in which the parent resides or in which the school is located; or |
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| 20 | + | (3) a municipal court of the municipality in which the |
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| 21 | + | parent resides or in which the school is located. |
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| 22 | + | SECTION 2. Section 25.094(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 10 | 23 | | read as follows: |
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| 11 | 24 | | (b) An offense under this section may be prosecuted in: |
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| 12 | 25 | | (1) the constitutional county court of the county in |
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| 13 | 26 | | which the individual resides or in which the school is located, if |
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| 14 | 27 | | the county has a population of 1.75 million or more; |
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| 15 | 28 | | (2) a justice court designated to hear cases arising |
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| 16 | 29 | | under this section [of any precinct] in the county in which the |
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| 17 | 30 | | individual resides or in which the school is located, or if no |
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| 18 | 31 | | justice court is designated, a justice court of any precinct in the |
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| 19 | 32 | | county in which the individual resides or in which the school is |
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| 20 | 33 | | located; or |
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| 21 | 34 | | (3) a municipal court in the municipality in which the |
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| 22 | 35 | | individual resides or in which the school is located. |
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| 23 | | - | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section |
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| 24 | | - | 25.094, Education Code, apply only to an offense committed on or |
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| 25 | | - | after the effective date of this Act. For purposes of this section, |
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| 26 | | - | an offense is committed before the effective date of this Act if any |
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| 27 | | - | element of the offense occurs before that date. An offense |
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| 28 | | - | committed before the effective date of this Act is covered by the |
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| 29 | | - | law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and |
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| 30 | | - | the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 31 | | - | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 36 | + | SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act to Sections |
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| 37 | + | 25.093 and 25.094, Education Code, apply only to an offense |
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| 38 | + | committed on or after the effective date of this Act. For purposes |
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| 39 | + | of this section, an offense is committed before the effective date |
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| 40 | + | of this Act if any element of the offense occurs before that date. |
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| 41 | + | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 42 | + | covered by the law in effect immediately before the effective date |
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| 43 | + | of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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| 44 | + | purpose. |
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| 45 | + | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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